Mar 19, 2024  
College Catalog 2022-2023 
    
College Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sociology Major


Major Requirements


A sociology major is planned in consultation with a member of the sociology department faculty and must include at least nine courses. The five course requisites for the major are as follows:

  1. SOCI 110 - Introduction to Sociology 
  2. SOCI 269 - Social Science Inquiry 
  3. SOCI 272 - Social Theories 
  4. SOCI 270 - Interpretive Social Research  or SOCI 275 - Comparative-Historical Methods for Social Science 
  5. SOCI 480 - Senior Seminar 

The successful completion of these five requisites and four elective courses satisfies the requirements for the major.

Students may apply a maximum of 4 credits from study abroad programs toward fulfilling the course requirements of the major.

Students may apply a maximum of 4 credits from either a faculty supervised internship (SOCI 624 ) or independent project (SOCI 614 ) toward fulfilling the course requirements for the major.